Commercial.

Evening Star, Volume III, Issue 845, 20 January 1866, Page 2

Commercial.

“ Evening Star” Office, 4.30 pm. The total amount of revenue collected at the Custom i to-day was £lB9 4s~4d.

The Argus of the 13th instant reports, that:— “ The import markets still wear a qniet aspect* All speculative feeling is dormant, and the dealers are firm in their resolve not to enter upon any extensive engagements in the continued absence of the mail. Operations have consequently been quite unimportant. A decidedly easier feeling is apparent in breadstuffs. Sales of best Adelaide town brands have been effected at £24, and less money would be accepted for country brands. This, however, is the only description saleable, as no offer can be got for Chilian at all as the market now rules. Sales of small parcels of Chilian wheat are reported at 9s. Maize attracts more attention. Early in the morning, som% 600 bags changed hands at ss. 6d. Larger quantities are likewise said to be placed at an advance on this figure, but though this is questioned, there is a strong upward tendency apparent, which must very shortly lead to higher rates. MartelTs and Hennessy’s pale brandies have been in request for New Zealand, and we hear of some sixty or seventy quarter-casks of the former having been disposed of at 7s. 6d. Numerous sales of Byass’s stout, to arrive, are reported at 10s. A parcel of Taylor, Walker, & Co.’s stout has been quitted at £5 7s. 6d., in bond. Transactions in Kirkliston case whiskey are mentioned as high as Bs. 9d., and importers now refuse to sell under 9s. Sales of Bass’s a!e, No. 4, have been made at L.6 ss. Malt is wanted at 10s. to 10s, 9d. ; at the latter figure the sale of a bin of about 1,800 bushels has transpired. A brisk demand for sugar is experienced, principally to supply trade requirements. Soda crystals command more notice ; we hear of L. 11 having been offered and refused for a shipment. The Jenny Pitts, from Puget Sound, with lumber, is amongst the arrivals to-day. We take the following commercial items from the Adelaide Register of the 9th inst. : “Flour.—The prices are as before, L2l 10s to L 22 10s per ton. Wheat is rather easier ; some small sales have been made at 8s 8d to 8s 9d per bushel. General Merchandise.—Business in the import market throughout the day has been rather dull, and few transactions have taken place. Auction Sale.—Messrs Townsend, Betting, and Kay sold to-day, at their mart, about .800 bags Mauritius sugars, from brown counters .to good yellows, at from L 29 to L 34.” The Hobart Town Mercury of the 10 th inst ■ contains the subjoined commercial inteligence. There was again a fair business doing in wool, and several parcels passed into second hands, at Is. 2d. to Is. 4d. There was very little demand for breadstuffs, and no sales of wheat were reported Flower, colonial, continued to be quitted at £25, whilst £24, was the figure asked for the Chilian, but of the latter no sales were made. For sharps good inquiry continues, and all available stocks are readily placed at £lO to £12.”

The Launceston Examiner of the 11th instant reports; —“Frequent shipments of butter are being made, and the sale in the other colonies continues. About 100 tubs of butter are shipped with the Havilah, which leaves to-morrow. Some 1,000 bags of oats are also shipped by the Havilah. In oats the demand still continues,and the prices are firm at from 4s to 4s 6d. It will; be seen by our colonial intelligence else-whex-e that several vessels with flour and wheat are expected in the neighboring colonies. The quotations of breadstuff's, therefore, remain as they have been for the past few weeks, and there is little probability of any change for a while : flour, L 23 ; wheat, 9s ; bran, Is 7d. The demand for hay is on the increase, but the supply is far short of the demand, owing to the farmers being too busy harvesting to bring much to town just now. The figure still is L 4 to L 4 ss. Tasmanian oatmeal, 30s to 32s per cwt. ’ Macandray and Co.’s Circular, dated San Francisco, 17th L ovember, says: —“lt is with thankfulness that we announce the advent of the rainy season, copious showers having fallen on the night of the 13th inst., sufficient, we hope, to soften the ground, and give speed to the plough in all directions. There has of late been

a sensible diminution in our grain receipts from the interior. Farmers appear to be more than ever determined to hold back their wheat for a future market. The result is manifest in full prices being obtained for the very moderate supplies offering. The export demand for flour and wheat is quite active, and prices really seem to be hardening. Barley is likewise in active request for shipment to Peru and elsewhere ; prices are in consequence well maintained, with a slight tendency to enhanced rates. Oats are in fair request at old figures. Corn is still scarce. * * *

“Flour. —The stock is very light. Millers have thus far found purchasers for all they could manufacture at remunerate rates. The sales for eight days past aggregate 15,000 barrels, chiefly in half and quarter sacks, at 6dol 25c to 6dol 50c for superfine ; extra, 6dol 50c to 6dol 75c. Of the above about one third was taken for Callao. We quote Alviso and Santa Clara Mills at 6dol 75c to 7dol per 196 pounds. The market closes firm for all kinds. “ Wheat. —The demand for export and milling combined is in excess of current offerings. The market is. therefore, firm, at hardening prices. “Domestic Produce. —The following is a statement of the receipts of domestic produce in this market for the nine days ending November 16, and the total for the past three years, from July 1 to the corresponding date each year:—

Nov. 8, July 1, 1865, July 1, 1864, July 1, 1863, Articles of Produce. 1865, to to Nov. 16, to Nov. 12, to Nov. 14, Nov. 16. 1865. 1864. 1863. Flour, quarter sacks ... 13,598 288,965 121,226 204,992 Wheat, sacks 28,711 1,148,289 258,052 1,089,312 Barley, sacks 26,362 649,866 229,083 3.59,223 Oats, sacks 11,368 174,842 145,699 159,058